~Lucia~

I woke up in a cold sweat. It was all a dream? It couldn't have been! It felt so real, the vampire, the club. The full moon was brightly shining in through my crimson curtains and illuminated the whole room.Everything looked normal, my giant bed decked out the crimson sheets and a crimson coverlet. My clothes where all over the floor, and there was my black spandex halter dress, still hanging on my closet doorknob. I could even hear Zacharie watching a British comedian's talk show in the next room. Am I losing my mind? I swiftly made my way through all the clothes piles that covered my lush shag carpet, over to the mirror that hung on the inside of my closet. I felt my neck, the puncture wounds were there…visible. How did I get home? How does everything look normal? I don't remember anything‼

I glanced at the clock and saw that it was ten forty. Thank god it was Sunday, no work today! I went into the den and took in the cleanliness of it all. I don't know what I would do without Zacharie! He kept the entire apartment clean. The dark green carpet in the living room was vacuumed daily, as were the lighter green sofa and loveseat. The bar was always washed off; the marble countertops didn't even have a stain on them. The oak dining room set was used daily (He forced me) and cleaned and polished daily.

About that time my big German Sheppard, Sam, jumped on me! He may only be a year old, but he was about three-fourths of my height and I was five three! I love him though. We also have a Chihuahua, Ane. He's the cutest little thing, but he loves Zachy more. Every time I try to pick him up, he tries to bite me, so I've given up. I tried to make my way past Sam, but he wouldn't let me. I finally succeeded and banged on Zacharie's door as hard as I could,

"Open UP!" I screamed

"Fine, fine, hold on." He murmured, I could tell he had had a long night.

"Hola Señor" I greeted him, as he lazily opened the door.

"What do you want? It's so early."

"I heard your television on and thought you would be up, I need to ask you something….Archer isn't here is he." I was making sure I wasn't walking in on anything…again.

"Nah, I need to talk to you too, but you go first." I caught a hint of pain in his voice. Uh oh, he and Archer are having problems. I went into his perfectly clean room and took a seat on his pink king size bed, and got up the courage to tell him about Damien.

"First of all, I need to tell you something. Damien and I have gone our separate ways" I tried to disguise it with nicer words. Yeah, I'm mad at him, but I don't him to be sterile for life. I also didn't give him a chance to say anything about it, even though I know how bad he wanted to. "Secondly, I need to know how I got home last night. I saw everything where it was. We did go to the club didn't we? I remember everything, but my dress is hanging up on the closet, like I'd never worn it. You know I don't put my things away."

"Aw, Luce, I'm sorry about Damien! I thought you were going to last! I don't need to do anything about him do I?" I violently shook my head no. He looked a little disappointed, but continued anyway. "Last night huh? Yeah we went to the club, and you came in like you normally do. You went to your room, but Sam didn't want in, he was growling at you, which was odd. I heard you change; I guess you put your dress back up on the hanger for some reason. I did notice something weird though…"

"What?" I asked impatiently

"There was blood going down the side of your neck, but I know how you like the weird ones, so I didn't ask."

"What time did I get home?"

"At about five" That's good. At least I didn't do anything I'd regret later.

"So what did you have to tell me?" I was worried.

"Archer and I called it quits last night. I thought we were going to last, but he told me that he didn't think it was going to work…that we were too different" His voice began to tremble and tears started streaming down his delicate face. "I told him that I thought we could work it out, but all he said was 'I'm sorry Zacharie…I don't want to harm you' I kept asking how he thought he could harm me, but all he said was 'there is something dark inside of me, a monster' then he left!" By this time Zacharie was hysterical. I gave him a hug, and kept telling him how sorry I was, that he deserved better. Next time I see Archer…I'm going to fucking kill him.

About the time I got Zach calmed down, and able to breathe again, I heard my cell phone going off. I rushed past the dogs into my bedroom to grab it in time. I looked at the caller id and saw that it was by friend, Rowan, from Seattle. I slid it up and answered.

"ROWBOATS!" I screamed.

"Hey, Luce." I heard how tired she sounded.

"Rowan, why are you up this early?" It was just six o'clock there.

"I don't know…I just had a dream that something bad was going to you. So I decided it would be best to check." She had concern in her voice, which was rare to hear.

"Yeah, I'm fine, but I do need to tell you something…" I paused, should I tell her? I haven't even told Zacharie…but he's having Archer issues. I then decided that I should. I told her everything, about the club, about the man…the vampire…I even told her about what Zachy told me. After I was done, the phone was silent.

"Luce…" her voice was faint, and I barely heard her.

"Yeah"

"Be careful! You hear me? This vampire seems like he has a thing for you. He will be back. Watch your back and try to stay away from empty public places as much as possible. They can't come inside a private home with an invitation. I do believe that he thinks you are his 'One' I will explain later. I will try to get out there as soon as I possibly can. BE CAREFUL! I don't know if he is a vampire to be trusted or not. Luce, there are good ones, you know this, but did you feel in danger?"

"I did, every fiber of me was saying 'RUN AWAY' but my feet wouldn't move."

"You were glamoured. I will also clarify later. Thank you for telling me. It was the right thing to do. Please follow my advice. PLEASE!"

"Okay. I trust you. Talk to you later Rowboats. Bye"

"Bye Luce."

Well wasn't this fucking great? I'm being stalked by a vampire. Fanfuckingtastic. This is just too much. I went back into my room with Sam and laid on my bed. I laid there all day. I didn't sleep, but I dreamt. I dreamt of him the vampire.